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Poems on Several Occasions from 1793 to 1816/Song (The Year That's Awa')

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3906465Poems on Several Occasions from 1793 to 1816 — Song. The Year That’s Awa’John Colin DunlopJohn Dunlop (1755-1820)

SONG.

THE YEAR THAT'S AWA'.

DECEMBER 1798.

O here's to the year that's awa':
Let us drink it in strong and in sma';
And here's to ilk bonnie young lassie wi' looed,
In the days of the year that's awa'.

O here's to the Soger wha bled,
To the Sailor wha bravely did fa';
Their fame is alive, tho' their spirits have fled
On the wings of the year that's awa'.

O here's to the Friend we can trust,
Whan the storms of adversity blaw;
May he join in our song, and lie nearest our heart,
Nor depart like the year that's awa'.